Contact

Friends... *sigh* it was another long hellish night. I come here first thing in the mornings now to see what I might find. I always discover something that eases my mind for the time - it really feels like 'contact'...

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Contact
A reaching, through words,
the voice,
the heart, inside another
In silence heard,
words that melt and soothe
with magic balm
Touch
A yearning to be known,
to feel, for once, less alone
in a moment that echoes
with small mercy
A ray of light in the deepest chasm
Grateful
this escape from chains of solitude,
and demons torturing
the beleaguered soul
Welcome,
this vulnerability,
this opening
as the first breath,
the gasp
after the darkness
of an unholy womb
Ah, the promise in words
to know you’ve been heard
as well

Alone we struggle in strife
The Dark clouds of the beast overtakes, making us stumble
My hand reaches for yours
touching my heart when grasped for
hand in hand as each person connects
we form a chain of empathy we grow stronger together
Together we survive,
the failing and falling still arises but alas will someday be less
in our haven here we will grow together towards the light of peace.